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THE AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY (INTERNATIONAL) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Registered charity 1179136 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AKU-ISMC, THE AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY - INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF MUSLIM CIVILISATIONS

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Latest income
£5.4m
Latest spending
£5.7m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the University reported a deficit for the year of £240,286, resulting in a decrease in net assets from £1,170,707 to £930,421. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £920,181 remain above their stated policy target of two months' operating cash expenditure. The auditors have confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months of operating cash expenditure (held: £920k)
“It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds held by the University should be adequate to support operating cash expenditure of at least 2 months.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Cash donation
“During the year, the University received £2,875,580 (2024: £3,830,494) from The Aga Khan University Foundation, Geneva, to meet its funding requirement.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: The Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations Limited
“The University owns 100% of the issued ordinary £1 share of The Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales with one issued share. The subsidiary has been dormant since its incorporation.” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£5.4m
Total spending
£5.7m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
36

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£5.4m£5.7m
31/12/2024£6.6m£6.0m
31/12/2023£5.6m£5.7m
31/12/2022£5.1m£5.6m
31/12/2021£5.5m£5.4m

Common questions

Is THE AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY (INTERNATIONAL) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the University reported a deficit for the year of £240,286, resulting in a decrease in net assets from £1,170,707 to £930,421. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £920,181 remain above their stated policy target of two months' operating cash expenditure. The auditors have confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATION1£1k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Ivors Academy Trust.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY (INTERNATIONAL) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM£5.4m——above—no doubt
The Ivors Academy Trust FY2024£127k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FY2025£2.5m—1below—no doubt
KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITY (BAQUIR) LIMITED FY2025£703k—0within34.9%no doubt
AL RISALAH EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£6.5m—1unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.